Fantastic News
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wow, Paul - that is fantastic news.. she must be an incredible woman. You are a lucky man.. couple more steps to being married to a knight!
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Paul, what wonderful news...thanks for sharing (and introducing me to yet another till now unknown custom)! Service should be recognized and honored: in spite of the fact that that's not the point.
Kuddos to your wife and best to you, Tom.
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Congratulations Paul
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@tomsdesk said:
Service should be recognized and honored: in spite of the fact that that's not the point.
Tom, I guess you are trying to say that the point of doing service to others is generally not motivated by the thought of receiving such honours. The other way of reading your statement is wrong as the point of the honours actually is to recognize service (and not some other corrupt purpose like political patronage). As far as I know service is the prime criteria on which new MBE's are selected from the nominees.
Regards, Ross
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Ross, and especially Paul, if you too misunderstood my comment:
Let me assure I was trying to reinforce this sentiment: "She's not to sure about it purely on the basis that it shines a light on her that she'd prefer to be pointing as someone else! but I'm sure she deserves it, and knowing her colleagues and associates I know they're sure." (My meaning may indeed have been lost to my brevity, sorry.)
Further, I was personally enriched by reading the history and full meaning of the honor (as well as an "outsider" can understand it) in the links Paul provided (thanks again), as I am pretty much thoroughly jaded by my own society's crass reduction of just about everything to its commercial value. Knowing of this tradition pleases (and changes) me.
Again, Paul, my congratulations to your wife and my best to you, Tom.
(And from the "sound" of your comments, I'll bet you'll even enjoy the shopping :`) -
Sorry Tom if it seemed I was misinterpreting your point. I did assume you were making a positive point but thought it was important to clarify. Here in Canada we have a similar honour called the Order of Canada. Like MBE's and OBE's, it is based on service. Arguably the highest honour in Canada is to be appointed to our Senate. Senate appointees are supposed to be on the basis of service but unfortunately partisan politics play a major role in who gets the honour just as it appears to with Supreme Court appointments in the USA. Thankfully honours like the MBE really do go to those deserving the recognition.
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Paul, please convey my very best wishes and congratulations to your wife. I'm sure the honor to be bestowed upon her is richly deserved.
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Congratulations Paul, or rather congratulations to your wife Susan, please convey. What will be her title? Are all male MBE"s titled Sir? What about the ladies?
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Congratulations to your wife, Paul, for the recognition for her work. A great honor (or rather, honour...I suppose I should use the British English spelling, given the occasion)!
--Lewis
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Paul, I would like to sincerely congratulate your wife, Susan on being recognized for her work! What an incredible honour! Recognition of one's work, especially when someone gives much of themselves selflessly, can be very rewarding and humbling. Cherish this shared moment in the sun!
I very much enjoy hearing about people's triumphs in life, as I think it raises the whole world to celebrate each others accomplishments!
It is obvious from your work, and now from this honor bestowed upon your life partner that you two are very high caliber people! This makes me happy...to know that you share your life with someone who makes you proud. Enjoy this time, my friend!
Thank you for sharing, it's an honour!
Cheers to you both!
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are you a transplant Craig? are you one of the Queen's disciples?
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@ross macintosh said:
Sorry Tom if it seemed I was misinterpreting your point. I did assume you were making a positive point but thought it was important to clarify. Here in Canada we have a similar honour called the Order of Canada. Like MBE's and OBE's, it is based on service. Arguably the highest honour in Canada is to be appointed to our Senate. Senate appointees are supposed to be on the basis of service but unfortunately partisan politics play a major role in who gets the honour just as it appears to with Supreme Court appointments in the USA. Thankfully honours like the MBE really do go to those deserving the recognition.
I thought that it is possible for Canadians to still receive British Awards like this? My friends father, whom is a lawyer recently was awarded the Queens Council, which I had assumed is a British thing...
In any and all regards Congratulations! I can't think of a better honour than serving one's country and being recognized for it!
PS: (I hope this doesn't open a bag of worms..) EEE Senate!
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I believe because the Queen of England is also the Queen of Canada, we Canadians can in theory be honoured with MBE's & OBE's. (I once had a client in Bermuda who had an OBE). We Canadians can't however receive the higher honours (like knighthood) unless we take out British citizenship. In practice, the Order of Canada is our Canadian equivalent of the OBE and it is the Queen's representative - the Governor General - who awards them on behalf of the Queen.
When Canadian lawyers are appointed as Q.C.'s I don't believe it actually has much of anything to do with the Queen. It's simply an honorary designation pretty much automatically given to lawyers with at least 10 years experience in the superior courts of any province or territory of Canada. The United Kingdom and Ireland also give lawyers the Q.C. designation.
Regards, Ross
[edit: fixed gramatical errors]
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@unknownuser said:
are you a transplant Craig? are you one of the Queen's disciples?
Me? No, I'm second generation Italian American. My Grandfather came over on a ship in the early 1900's as a small child and my father was born in 1941 in Little Italy NYC as the first American born child in the family. I was born and raised in New York, in a town called Oyster Bay Long Island.
I spelled "honour" in the Universal English spelling as I believe it to be appropriate when trying to show someone that you are trying to relate to them instead of asking them to relate to you. I also say "Cheers" because it is a nice thing to say, it can be used as a casual/friendly greeting, and more importantly can be used for sharing good fortune with others when having a drink!
Cheers!
- CraigD
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Hi its Suzie here
Thank you all sincerly for all your kind messages,I was ok about accepting the honour because it was in recognition of my voluntary service to social housing in Northern Ireland and not the "day job" as CEO of a social enterprise which works to promote social inclusion in employment. The fact that I am married to a super-geek has its distinct advantages especially when I require a persuasive powerpoint presentation or that cutting-edge 3d model that just gets the men in grey suits on my side!
I was very low-key about it until my excited little grandaughter told her teacher that she was going to London to see the Queen in her big castle and would be bringing her Grannie's medal in for "show and tell". Thanks again everyone.PS Paul is right about the shopping trip but as well as the dress, coat, hat bag shoes etal I have my eye on a certain little longer-lasting memento of circa 2 carats
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if anything deserves something measured in carats, I'm sure this is one of those occasions!
Congrats again!
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Suzie,
Only two carats? What about the other ear and the fingers? Don't forget the fingers.
Look, I go to New York all the time. I could get you some good deals on rocks. Sheesh, they sell them right on the street!!
This is a once in a lifetime event. With only two carats, you might forget or confuse it with something else. Let's make this something to remember!!
Best,
Allen
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Congratulations Suzie and Paul.
My father always told me "Do good work and good things will happen" your wife must subscribe to that therory.
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Paul
From a rabid anti-royalist [c'est moi], I'm sure that it didn't take such an 'honour' as this, for you to be made aware of your wife's special qualities - which she has probably had, or developed, for many years, if not all her life.
Naturally this particular recognition may make you feel good but I doubt it's the prime motivation for her good works which seem to stem from a genuine need to help others. This alone would create a sense of pride.
Unfortunately, we have to be aware that powerful authority figures - politicians, CEOs, teachers, . . . - are desperate to be associated with our community's genuine high achievers in the hope that they are perceived, as the bestowers of such 'honours', to have even greater status than that of the recipients. It's an intrinsic part of the power game.
My congratulations on your choice of spouse, since a failure to offer them would be perceived by many to be bad manners.
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We (Or more rightly my wife) got a date to go and see Queeny at Buck house, its the 13th December.
We could fly but as there will be 5 of us and it being so close to Xmas we're going to drive instead. Apparently if your comming by car you can drive straight into the palace grounds so I suppose I have to get the Touareg cleaned!So the great search for a hat begins.......
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